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Federal regulators accepted a responsibly sourced gas (RSG) pooling service proposal from Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. LLC (TGP), a Kinder Morgan Inc. subsidiary, after initially denying the proposal in late April.  After revising and resubmitting a proposal for the pooling service in mid-May, FERC has approved Kinder’s plan to offer the pooling service along the…

Nearly 200 MMcf/d of the natural gas that ExxonMobil produces at Poker Lake, NM, in the Permian Basin have been independently certified for methane emissions management, the supermajor said Tuesday. The certification from MiQ is the first by a company for its associated gas production from oil, ExxonMobil said. The certification process also is being…

Thailand’s Banpu Kalnin Ventures Corp. (BKV) and BKV-BPP Power LLC are working to certify natural gas produced in the Lower 48 initially to fuel a power plant in Central Texas. Denver-based exploration and production (E&P) company BKV purchased the Temple I power plant north of Austin for $430 million in November with Banpu Power US…

Tennessee Gas Pipeline (TGP) and Southwestern Energy Co. have clinched an agreement to move certified natural gas supply to the Northeast beginning in November. Kinder Morgan Inc. subsidiary TGP, through its existing system, would transport Southwestern’s  Appalachia supply that is certified as responsibly sourced gas (RSG). Certified gas is produced and transported by companies whose…

Designating natural gas as certified or “responsibly sourced” may do little to reduce its carbon intensity, but as U.S. and overseas customers question how their fuel is produced, the branding is growing in importance to ensure conformity and transparency, according to industry experts. A conundrum of challenges is facing natural gas buyers today, as many…

An uptick in Marcellus Shale development last year didn’t keep an independent auditor from certifying Pennsylvania’s state forests as sustainably managed.

Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Michael J. Cianci Jr. has certified an uncontested settlement resolving claims that Tuscarora Gas Transmission Co. significantly overrecovered its cost of service, making its current transportation rates unjust and unreasonable.

A California-based company, which now provides produced water services to several shale producers, on Tuesday said an Encana Corp. subsidiary would be the sole fuel supplier for its new fleet of liquefied natural gas (LNG) trucks, which initially would service Haynesville Shale producers.

Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell on Thursday certified Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) the winner of the Nov. 2 election, clearing the way for her to be seated with the 112th Congress, which convenes Wednesday. But Republican Joe Miller hasn’t exactly given up the fight. He said he planned to hold a news conference on New Year’s day to discuss his next legal steps. Miller, an attorney who was backed by former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, is challenging the votes that were counted in Murkowski’s favor despite the misspelling of her name. Write-in candidate Murkowski declared victory in late November with a more than 10,000-vote lead over Miller, of which more than 8,000 ballots were challenged by the Miller camp (see NGI, Nov. 22, 2010).